?Malaria returns to Greece as austerity wreaks havoc on healthcare
http://rt.com/news/malaria-greece-austerity-healthcare-171/
Tough austerity measures imposed by the Greek government have inflicted major damage to the health of the Greek population, leaving nearly one million of the country's most vulnerable people without access to healthcare. As a result of a six percent ...
184 Million Africans at Risk for Malaria
http://www.voanews.com/content/malaria-risk-20feb14/1855382.html
New research shows that after 10 years of intensified campaigns against malaria 184-million people in Africa still live in moderate to high-risk areas. While the number is high, it's down from nearly 220-million in 2000 when anti-malaria efforts began ...
FG Plans to Eliminate Malaria and Elephantiasis Nationwide
http://allafrica.com/stories/201402211459.html
The Federal Ministry of Health has launched new national guidelines for implementation of interventions to eliminate malaria and lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) in Nigeria. While launching the guideline in Abuja Wednesday, the Minister of Health ...
Deadly malaria strain traced back to African apes
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Deadly-malaria-strain-traced-back-to-African-apes/articleshow/30819984.cms
LONDON: An international team of scientists has traced the origin of Plasmodium vivax, the secondworst malaria parasite in humans, to primates in Africa, not Asia ? as was once thought. Scientists have concluded that all existing human P vivax ...
Gambian President Vows to Fight Gay 'Vermin' Like 'Malaria-Causing Mosquitoes'
http://www.advocate.com/world/2014/02/19/gambian-president-vows-fight-gay-vermin-malaria-causing-mosquitoes
The president of The Gambia has declared war on the country's gay people, which he likened to ?vermin? that must be eradicated like ?malaria-causing mosquitoes? in a recent address. "We will fight these vermins called homosexuals or gays the same way ...
Researchers call for sustained investment to control malaria in Africa
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/africa/2014-02/20/c_133130938.htm
NAIROBI, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Researchers called for more investment in malaria control in Africa on Thursday as the latest study showed that 57 percent of the continent's population still live in moderate and high risk of infection. Hundreds of ...
Environment influences ability of bacterium to block malaria transmission
http://news.psu.edu/story/304345/2014/02/17/research/environment-influences-ability-bacterium-block-malaria-transmission
"Bacteria in the genus Wolbachia represent a promising new tool for controlling malaria due to their demonstrated ability to block the development of the pathogen within Anopheles mosquitoes -- the mosquitoes that are responsible for the transmission ...
Temperature may stop bacteria from blocking malaria
http://www.futurity.org/temperatures-can-alter-malaria-transmission/
?Bacteria in the genus Wolbachia represent a promising new tool for controlling malaria due to their demonstrated ability to block the development of the pathogen within Anopheles mosquitoes?the mosquitoes that are responsible for the transmission of ...
